The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs junior boys basketball team had one of their strongest showings of the season during their annual home tournament Friday and Saturday.
The Elecs went 2-1 on the weekend, and it was their first weekend with a winning record this season.
ECS opened with a victory over the Fillmore Falcons on Friday night. Then they lost to the Moose Jaw Vanier Vikings, and finished with a win over the Moose Jaw Peacock Toilers.
(Scores for the games were not available).
Also entered were the Yorkton Regional High School Raiders and the Greenall High School Griffins.
Yorkton and Vanier both went 3-0 at the tournament, which saw each team play three games. It wasn’t a full five-game round robin, which is why multiple teams had perfect records.
Coach Jordan Walliser was pleased with how they boxed out their opponents’ offence, which helped with their rebounding.
“We played a lot better team defence, instead of trying to just play it all individually,” said Walliser.
They also shot the ball really well.
The game against the Vikings was not a good one, but they responded well against Peacock.
“They took that (game against Vanier) as a shot to their pride, and so they stepped out, went out there and proved they could be out there on the same court as those other teams,” Walliser said.
Walliser is hopeful that the tournament will give the Elecs some momentum heading into districts this weekend. The competition will happen Thursday at the ECS gymnasium, with Estevan and Weyburn participating.
